ees, Jan. 14, 1906. Time of
race--2:27.

Use figures for all sums of money: $24, $5.06, 75 cents.

Use figures for street numbers: 1324 Grand avenue.

Use figures for numbered streets and avenues above 99th; spell out
below 100th: 123 Twenty-third avenue, 10 East 126th street.

Use figures in statistical or tabular matter; never use ditto
marks.

Use figures, period, and en quad for first, second, etc.: 1.--,
2.--.

Do not begin a sentence or paragraph with figures; supply a word if
necessary or spell out: At 10 o'clock; Over 300 men.

Do not use the apostrophe to form plurals of figures: the 4s, rather
than the 4's.

In all texts from the Bible set the chapters in Roman numerals and
the verses in figures: Matt. xxii. 37-40; I. John v. 1-15. In
Sunday school lessons say Verse 5.

Say three-quarters of 1 per cent.; not 3/4 of 1 per cent.

Set tenths, hundreds, etc., in decimals: 1.1; 2.03.

=11. Abbreviations:=

Abbreviate the following titles and no others, when they precede a
name: Rev., Dr., Mme., Mlle., Mr., Mrs., Mgr. (Monsignore), M.
(Monsieur).

Do not put Mr. before a name when the Christian name is given
except in society news and editorials: Mr. Johnson; but Samuel L.
Johnson.

Supply Mr. in all cases when Rev. is used without the Christian
name: Rev. Henry W. Beecher; but Rev. Mr. Beecher.

Never use "Honorable" or the abbreviation thereof except with
foreign names, in editorials, or in documents.

Abbreviate thus: Wash., Mont., S. D., N. D., Wyo., Cal., Wis.,
Colo., Ind., Id., Kan., Ariz., Okla., Me. Do not abbreviate
Oregon, Iowa, Ohio, Utah, Alaska, or Texas.

Abbreviate thus: Madison, Dane County, Wis.: but Dane County,
Wisconsin.

Use the abbreviations U. S. N. and U. S. A. after a proper name.

Y. M. C. A., W. C. T. U., M. E. are good abbreviations.

Abbreviate names of months when preceding date only when the month
contains more than five letters: Jan. 20; but April 20. When the
date precedes the month in reading matter spell it out: the 13th
of January; the 26th inst.

Abbreviate "Number" before figures: No. 10.

Abbreviate contract, article, section, question, answer, after the
first in bills, by-laws, testimony, etc.: Section 1., Sec. 2.;
Questio